I don't look my best when I wake up! But I do feel beautiful when I'm tired and happy and I've had a good laugh and a glass of champagne.

So much of what I say gets sensationalized and journalists have to report on scandal because that's what people are hungry to read about.

There's a sculpture in our bedroom, a solid brass replica of Antonio's manhood. It's very expensive, he gave it to me as a romantic gift.

It's good to feel tired at the end of the day. It's not often as an actor that you're like, "Oof. Ow. I feel like I've been out working."

It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction ... Would you ever put that in the headline for a male star?

I remember always feeling lucky with Zoey on 'Nurse Jackie' that... she was new at the very beginning. So that gave her everywhere to go.

You can be afraid in a press conference, nervous, sweaty, but you can't be afraid when you do your work because it doesn't work that way.

When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever.

I'd been taking singing lessons and I had taken dance, because I loved to dance, but I had never considered myself a professional at all.

When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger.

loneliness has its roots in words,in internal conversation that nodbody answers,solitude has it's roots in the great silence of eternity.

Rest with the glittering stars, George Michael. You've found your Freedom, your Faith. It was your Last Christmas, and we shall miss you.

I think at some point during everyone's life, you finally figure yourself out. I haven't even done that yet. I'm still learning who I am.

On 'The Office,' so much of the show is about disguising your true feelings and your romantic feelings because it was a mock documentary.

I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.

Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career in stand-up.

I think once you sort of cross over and you realize what books can be - and if they mean something to you - there's just no stopping you.

Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.

You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and you're not really responsible for what you've done.

It's horrible to be a sex object at any age, but at least when you're an adult you can make the decision if you want to degrade yourself.

Your relationship with your husband should be an important part of your private life, but publicly you should be able to define yourself.

Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.

I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don't like the feel of butterflies' bodies.

I want to do things where the talent range is difficult and that scare me. I thrive on that; if it's not scaring me then I'm not growing.

I think at the end of a show, you have to walk out with a message. That's my hardest struggle right now; that's what I'm working towards.

You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.

I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts.

People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.

I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust.

I've just always had a boyfriend my whole life, and I've - now I'm really focusing on myself and I think that's more important right now.

One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.

I think magic is very related to happiness. So it is not there all the time, but there are beautiful moments of magic in everyone's life.

I would always cast Meryl Streep for everything. I would do with something inspired by the work of Guy Bourdin, my favorite photographer.

I think it's important that culture is this ongoing thing that needs to be nurtured, because there is no such thing as a quick, arty fix.

It's true as a woman, particularly: the older you get, the parts get thinner on the ground and not quite as interesting, that's for sure.

In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s.

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women who are good at doing comedies, as well as dramas.

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.

Especially working with Adam Brody, he's just so funny in every day life. Working with him is a lot of fun. We play pranks on each other.

There's no one who's ever been significantly in my life for whom I don't have a sort of tenderness because they helped to shape who I am.

I loved being a part of [Dr. Strange] it so of course you know I would be more than happy to go forward with it. But you know, who knows.

The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'

Short boots are cool, in my humble opinion. They say, 'Hey! Winter is over, but summer hasn't yet arrived - so enjoy this halfway point!'

I want to spark ideas and conversations and inspire people to take active roles in their communities, relationships and their well-being.

People are judgmental about sex, but everyone has their own moral code. So unless you are hurting people, who are we to say what's right?

My husband and I were very different: I'm spontaneous and emotional; I'm loud - he was exactly the opposite. But you need to be flexible.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that

I've been told I've done a lot of flop movies. And I think, 'Wow, I've never considered them flops!' I've loved every character I played.

I hate every human being on earth. I feel that everyone is beneath me, and I feel they should all worship me. That's what I told my kids.

Love doesn't care how much money you have. It doesn't care who your parents are. It doesn't care if you're gay, straight, or transgender.

Share This Page